Car-roof.



A. GALL.

. CAR ROOF.

APPLIC'ATION FILED 0CT.25. 1913.

Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

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UNITED STAT.

nnnxannnn GALL,- or BAYONNE, NEW 'JERSEYq I can-1100;.

To all whom. If-may concern: I i

Be it known that I ALEXAXDERGALL, a

1 subject of'the King of Hungary, residing.

. larly those .offrei at Bayonne, in the-county of Hudson and State of )ew Jersey, have'invented certain :new and'useful Improvements in Gar-Roofs, I

.'and 4 the of which the following is a specification.

. This invention r'elates;to car roofs.

The object of the invention is in a ready,

feasible and novel manner, practically to 'dispense with the employment of woodin the construction ofcar-roofs, more particutears, and to employ in lieu thereof e'e't" metal, the parts of j to permit the various units to have a slight which are so constructedand assembled as yielding action "relative to each other, thus to distribute. the jars. and torsional strains .l f i incident to' the passage.of .a CaIQOYGI" the is most detrimental to the ordinary-wooden tracks, and thereby eliminate a factor that",

" or part-metal and part wooden roof, namely,

loosening of the component elemehtsof the .roof; and furthermore, so 'to, install "the various parts composing the roof as to permit of ready repairs when such are necessary.

With the above and other objectsin view," as-will appear 'asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and arrangement 'of parts of a metallic carroof as will be characters. of reference indicate correspond hereinafter fully described and claimed" In the accompanying drawings fioimmg' a partof this specification and in which like] 3 ing parts: Figure 1 is a perspective view or a portion of a car roof constructed in accordance with the present invention and partly in'section. Fig. 2 is .a transverse sectional view taken on the lin' 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3is a transverse sect-i nal view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. at. ig. a is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 44 of Fig. 2. -Fig. 5 is alongitudinal sectional view taken on the line 55, F 1g. 2. F 1g. 6

cap plates. Fig. 7 is a perspective detail view 'f a saddle plate. F 1g. 8 is a perspective etail view of one of the roof plates.

- Fig. 9 is a perspective view of one of the cleats used in holding the adjacent edges of f the roof plates assembled. F g. 10 1s a persnectivedetail view of a portion of one of 1913. serial No. 797,223.

the ca r lines used in supporting the roof,

Specification of Letters Patent. I pate t Aug 10, 1915 Application filed October 25,

and Fig. 11 is atransverse-sectional view througha slightly modified form ofroof.

eferringto the .drawingsand to'Fig. 1

thereof, 1 designates the side panels of the car, 2 the fascia board, 3 the running-board.

saddles supportihfthe running board from the-roof. Each of these parts I with the exception of the saddle may be-of the usual 'andpreferred construction and therefore needs no further description.

The component parts of the roof consist of the roof plates 5, the cleats 6, and the capplates 7, .these units being counter-parts 01" each other! and are constructed of sheet metal of any desired gage.

As elearly shown in F 8 7o a he roof plate l is prov1ded. with two longitudinally-di posed lip-standing flanges which flare slightly inward toward each other, and two terminals or end flanges 9 and-.10, the flange 9 being de'signed to fit against the fascia and v be secured thereto in any suitable manner and, the flange 10' to be re-bent in.a direction opposite to the flange 9. The cleat is formed do withinwardly inclined side flanges '11., and the terminal flattened downwardly extending flange 12 that is designed't'o-be secured tothe fascia and lie over the adjacent meeting edges of two roof plates. The cap plate 7, isa hipped structure 'and'is provided at on endlwith a re-b'ent rectangular flange rigl'it-angular flange 14.

As shown in'Fig. 5-,the saddle 4; is'provided with a longitudinal channello that is designed't o receive the flange 13 of the cap plate which latter interlocks with the flange 1+1 of the. adjacent cap plate and forms the '13 and its other end with an Lip-standinglock shown in Fig. i. that .will serve eflec tively to hold. transversely alined. cleats in locked position under the saddle. Disposed upon the top of each fthe saddles is asaddle plate 16 having own-turned flanges 17 that are' designed to rest against the ends of a saddle. Upon these saddle plates are dis- 10o 'posed the members of the running-board 3 which are secured to the saddle in the usual manner, while the saddle is securely clamped to the ridge pole 18 by a plurality of bolts.

19, the, heads. of which are countersunk in 105.

the saddles,as clearly shown in Fig- 5. One'of the features of the invention resides'in the novel form of carline employed in position.

for supporting the roof. this, as shown in Figs. 2 and 10, being a channel-shaped metal structure of the appropriate design. and having on opposite sides thereof any desired .number of alternate lugs 21, 2:, and the lugs 21 providing channels El in which are seated the purlins 25, while the channels formed by the lugs 23 are to receive the ridge pole 18. as clearly shown in Fig. 11.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the ends of the carlines are secured to top plates 26 that are held clamped to the sides of the car by the bolts 27 that serve to hold the fascia boards In some instances, and as shown in Fig. 11, the top plates 26 may be dispensed with and the terminals of the carlines be seated in recesses formed in the fasciasand held combined therewith at both ends by angle irons As shown in Fig. 10, the lugs 21L3, are provided with orifices '29 and through these will be passed bolts to secure the purlins and carlines firmly together. i

At the end roof plate of the car is provided a finishing cleat 30 as clearly shown in Fig. 1. r A As stated. it is one of the objects of the invention to permit the various units of the roof to have slight play in order that the jars and vibrations and torsional strains to which the roof is subjected, will permit yielding of the parts thereof and thus prevent rapid deterioration. T 0 effect this result. the union between the cleats will not be of strictly rigid character, the same being true. of the connection between the saddles and cap plates.

A roof constructed as herein described will be eXtremely strong, be able to withstand long and continued use without deterioration, and may readily be repaired should necessity for the same arise.

hat I claim as new is In a roof of the kind described, a series of tion, an outwardly-turned flange eXtending.

from the upper edge of one of said upwardly turned flanges, anoutwardly turned flange extending from the upper edge of the other'up 'ardly turned flange and adapted to overlap the outwardly turned lflange of an adjacent plate. and a downwardly turued flange extending from and stifl'ening the outwardly turned flange last mentioned.

In testimony whereof I afl'ix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\ ALEXAXDER GALL.

lVitnesses MARTIN Jonzas, MARTIX VENER. 

